Public Employee Retirement & Pensions

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

• 2026-05-19 — Retirement: other; continuing education requirements for trustees; provide for. Amends sec. 13 of 1965 PA 314 (MCL 38.1133).: cross-connection with retirement-trustee-continuing-education: Trustee CE requirement under PA 314 governs fiduciaries overseeing the public employee retirement systems tracked on the pensions page. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Retirement: state employees; election process to transfer certain law enforcement officers to the Michigan state police retirement system; provide for. Amends sec. 55 of 1943 PA 240 (MCL 38.55) & adds secs. 50b, 50c, 50d, 64a, 64b & 64c. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1133’26, SB 1135’26: cross-connection with state-police-retirement-transfer: Represents a targeted carve-out from the broader state employees’ retirement system into a separate public safety pension plan. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Retirement: state police; membership in the retirement system of certain law enforcement officers first hired after certain date; provide for, and allow for purchasing service credit for certain law enforcement officers’ service under the state employees’ retirement system. Amends secs. 3 & 4 of 1986 PA 182 (MCL 38.1609 & 38.1604). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1134’26, SB 1135’26: cross-connection with state-police-retirement-membership: Both concern public employee retirement system design; SB 1133 expands State Police Retirement System membership eligibility, a specific instance of the broader public-employee pension framework. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-29 — Retirement: county employees; employment of retirant in a county sheriff’s office; allow without forfeiting retirement allowance. Amends sec. 12a of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a).: cross-connection with county-retirant-sheriff-reemployment: Part of the broader set of public-employee pension rules governing post-retirement reemployment without benefit forfeiture. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Retirement: other; retirement program for certain nonpublic employees to participate in a benefit plan; create, and provide oversight. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 0808’26: cross-connection with nonpublic-employee-retirement-program: Both concern state-facilitated retirement benefit structures — one for public employees and pensions, the other proposing a new program to extend benefit-plan access to certain nonpublic employees. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-24 — Public employees and officers: compensation and benefits; severance pay for executive and legislative branch employees and officers; limit, and require reporting if greater than a certain amount. Creates new act.: cross-connection with public-employee-severance-pay-limits: Both regulate non-salary compensation paid to departing public employees — severance pay caps sit alongside pension/retirement benefit rules. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-07-03 — Retirement: county employees; employment of retirant in a county sheriff’s office; allow without forfeiting retirement allowance. Amends sec. 12a of 1851 PA 156 (MCL 46.12a).: cross-connection with county-retiree-reemployment: HB4471 carves out a sheriff’s office re-employment exception within the broader public employee retirement framework. (novelty: 2)

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